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River was apparently up a few inches and had a good tinge of colour to it. Flowing faster than I was expecting as well. All the action was after midday, with a lost fish after lunch (inconsiderate canoeist was partly to blame)and then nothing until 5pm. The swim (at the bottom of the section)then came alive although by this point I'd used the majority of my bait so couldn't fully take advantage. Best fish went 9lb 10oz with a 5lber soon after. Feeder fished pellet/groundbait mix with a trimmed down fishmeal boilie well soaked (i.e. for several days)in Korda Spicy Squid Goo. "Gerron the goo lad!" the guy from Korda told me. Seems he was right.

2 Barbel

River was very low and fishing difficult. Managed a couple of fish early on.

1 Barbel, 1 Chub

The rain at the weekend brought the river up a few inches and it seemed to stir the fish up a bit too. Meat, corn and pellet, trotted and ledgered all took fish, from the faster water at the bottom and from the slower sections near the bridge. A very enjoyable day.

4 Barbel, 5 Chub

Great to be back on this extremely well kept stretch of the Wye. Thanks for all the hard work Colin.
Barbel harder to find than usual. Finally located them at the bottom end. River low and coloured, successful bait was meat and pellet feeder.

4 Barbel, 25 Chub

First time on Gromain and it is a beautiful place. Heard the warnings of deadly wading which meant I acted with caution, but even with a bit of water coming through and a bit of a hangover found it OK! Clearly an excellent salmon beat, there are a lot of trout and grayling here too. Caught fish everywhere, actually stopping fishing in a couple of areas where I was getting constant fish around the 6-10 inches mark. Best fish of the day being a 1 and a half pound Grayling. All on deep fished Heavy Nymphs.

25 Trout, 5 Grayling

Booked for my friends, a difficult day with few fish showing in the usually spots.

6 Trout, 2 Grayling

River had clearly had some rain on the Saturday and was up and a bit coloured in the morning but fell about 3 inches and fined down during the day.
All my trout were caught in the Wood Stream from 11am to 12pm on a goldhead PTN and a Greenwell's Spider fished across & down. Nothing large, 6oz each, but great fun on a 3-weight.
A really good hatch of fly from 4pm on, both small sedges and a spinner of some type and there was a really interesting rise on the flats above the Wood Stream: the fish were big but intermittent and selective. I missed three on nymphs, which was REALLY irritating!. I also saw a few Mayflies during the day.
Lovely water, fun wading, and clearly plenty of trout there. Barry, the owner, was incredibly helpful, giving me some excellent advice on the phone a few days before: really helped me fish in the right places. And he told me of the wonderful film of Oliver Kite fishing the beat which is on YouTube: lovely footage.

4 Trout

Fished during the afternoon and evening in bright, low sunshine and fairly low water. Not really conducive conditions or timing but easily fished beat with lots of rising trout or grayling. Amazing clouds of flies at times.

Poor days fishing, had two perch one each between me and a friend. He lost 3 on bubble float with worm, nothing on bottom. Tried popping up the worm but they weren't having any of it. Missed a take on fly. 3 guys next door had 20 trout between them after they left went to their location and it was just riddled with signs of Powerbait everywhere. Will not be returning anytime soon, worse days fishing I've had there in 2 years.

2 Other

Fished Sunday morning 5.30am, open ended feeder with 10mm halibut and caught 3 good chub. Left about 1.30pm (canoeists). Came back about 5.30pm fished same method till 9pm and had 8 barbel from 6 to 8 pounds (Fantastic). Went back next day at 5.00am had 3 more barbel and 10 chub to 5lbs. Stayed at the Greenman in Fownhope - excellent accommodation. Best time ever will be back soon.

11 Barbel, 13 Chub